SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The unification ministry said Friday it plans to integrate the main center and branch of Hanawon, the state facility for supporting North Korean defectors’ resettlement, next year amid a sharp decline in the number of such people coming to South Korea in recent years. Currently, the headquarters of Hanawon [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A record share of North Korean defectors living in South Korea say they are satisfied with their lives, reflecting steady gains in employment and income that are narrowing long-standing economic gaps with the broader population, according to a government-affiliated survey released Tuesday. About 81 percent of respondents said they [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Nearly 60 percent of North Korean defectors believe there is a need to change the legal term describing them, citing persistent negative perceptions associated with it, according to a survey released on Friday. The survey was conducted by the Korea Institute for National Unification, a state-run think tank, ahead [...]
SEJONG, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Education and the Korea Student Aid Foundation have announced plans to expand the “2024 Multicultural and North Korean Defector Student Mentoring Program.” This initiative pairs college and graduate students with multicultural and North Korean defector students to assist with Korean language education and adaptation to school life [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Many North Koreans appear to have been repatriated from China, the unification ministry said Friday after a recent news report that about 600 North Koreans have forcibly been sent back home. “It appears to be true that many North Korean residents in three northeastern Chinese provinces have been repatriated,” [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea decided to increase the level of support for North Korean defectors’ resettlement to better protect their new-found livelihoods here, the unification ministry said Thursday. The ministry opted to raise the resettlement basic subsidy for North Korean defectors by 1 million won (US$760) to 9 million won per [...]
SEOUL, May 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Koreans’ prejudice against sexual minorities is more serious and explicit than other minority groups such as migrant workers and North Korean defectors, a recent study showed. A survey of 1,000 adult men and women nationwide conducted by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs (KIHASA) from Oct. 21 [...]
SEOUL, April 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea set up a three-year plan to support North Korean defectors on Monday, including measures to help them secure stable jobs. The unification ministry said it approved a seven-point 2018-2020 plan to help refugees better adapt to South Korea. The plan seeks to provide stable jobs, help young [...]
SEOUL, Feb.1 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 20 percent of North Korean defectors who resettled in South Korea said they have thought about returning to their country of origin, a survey showed on Wednesday. According to the Database Center for North Korean Human Rights’ survey of 415 North Korean defectors living in the South, 22.9 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of North Koreans escaping to South Korea rose 11 percent on-year in 2016, government data showed Tuesday, as more elites and overseas workers fled the country amid tough international sanctions. A total of 1,414 North Koreans came to South Korea last year, compared to 1,275 tallied for [...]